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Juneteenth is now a federal holiday! What does it commemorate, and why is it so important to American history? Here’s what ...
"Juneteenth commemorates delayed freedom. In many ways, Black entrepreneurs are still waiting for the freedom to scale, the ...
A Juneteenth menu might incorporate items like barbecued ribs or other red meat, watermelon and red velvet cake. Drinks like fruit punch and red Kool-Aid may make an appearance at the table.
A Juneteenth menu might incorporate items like barbecued ribs or other red meat, watermelon and red velvet cake. Drinks like fruit punch and red Kool-Aid may make an appearance at the table.
Juneteenth—the annual observance celebrating the end of slavery in the United States in 1865—is a holiday that many Americans haven’t heard of until recently. That has caused some to wonder ...
Juneteenth long celebrated in DC Juneteenth has been called Jubilee Day and Freedom Day and has been celebrated on different days in different places because some didn’t know exactly when slaves ...
On Thursday a freedom bell, commissioned by Texas A&M University’s Department of Architecture, returned to Galveston, the ...
Liberation Station, the first Black-owned children’s bookstore in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, will be returning to a ...
Nash said the Grayslake Juneteenth event began as a, “personal 5K walk with me and my children, inspired by Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday. “It took over two years (June 19, 1865) for ...
The Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday ...